§ 45-503. Mine inspectors to be furnished copies of maps.

The operator or superintendent of every mine shall furnish the mine inspectors of the district in which said mine is located with a correct copy, on tracing muslin or sunprint, of the map or plan of said mine hereinbefore provided for, and the inspector of the district shall at the end of each year, or twice a year, if he requires it, return said map or plan to the proper person at any particular mine, whose duty it shall be to place or cause to be placed, on said map or plan all extensions and worked out or abandoned parts of the mine during the preceding six (6) or twelve (12) months, as the case may be, and forward the same to the district mine inspector within thirty (30) days from the time of receiving it.  When any mine is worked out or abandoned, the operator or superintendent shall furnish the mine inspector, within thirty (30) days, with a correct plan of said mine on tracing muslin or cloth, which plan shall clearly show all the worked out or abandoned territory, together with all property and boundary lines, elevations, and other things required by this article.  The copies of the maps or plans of the several coal and other mines in each district, as hereinbefore required to be furnished to the mine inspector, shall remain in the care of the inspector of the district in which the said mines are situated, as strictly official records, to be transferred by him to his successor in office.

R.L.1910, § 3957.